This route of drug administration is faster than the oral route, but not as quick as injections. From the mucous membranes, they get straight into the blood stream to produce their effects.

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - More than 131 million Americans, or 66 percent of adults, take prescription drugs. But not all of them use their medicines correctly. Each year between seven ...

While it was once “just” a medication for people with type 2 diabetes, metformin is now thought of as a “wonder drug with multiple potentials,” says David Cutler, M.D., a family medicine ...